Abstract:The aim in this study was to verify the contents taught and teaching methods used by undergraduate Psychology teachers, specifi cally in the subjects related to psychological assessment. A two-part questionnaire was used: the fi rst part served to characterize the participants, and the second the subjects taught. Twenty-two teachers participated. Among the respondents, 72.7% were female, 77.3% were psychological assessment teachers and 45.5% had graduated from public universities. For the open question, about the subjects taught, analysis and expert analysis categories were established. About the subjects taught, most respondents teach the techniques and theoretical foundations of tests. In contrast, the history of assessment and the elaboration principles of psychological documents were the topics taught least. Keywords Contenidos y Métodos de Enseñanza de Evaluación Psicológica: un Estudio con MaestrosResumen: Este estudio tuvo como objetivo verifi car el contenido y la metodología de enseñanza utilizada por profesores de grado en psicología, específi camente en las disciplinas relacionadas con evaluación psicológica. El instrumento utilizado fue un cuestionario con dos partes, la primera con objeto de caracterizar a los participantes y la segunda tratando de las asignaturas enseñadas. Participaron del estudio 22 profesores. De los respondientes, el 72,7% era mujer, 77,3% era profesor de evaluación psicológica y 45,5% era capacitado en universidades públicas. Para la pregunta abierta sobre las materias enseñadas, fueron establecidas categorías de análisis y de análisis de los jueces. Se encontró que, respecto al contenido ministrado, las técnicas son enseñadas por la mayoría de los encuestados, junto con los fundamentos teóricos de las pruebas. En contrapartida, la historia de la evaluación psicológica y los principios de la preparación de documentos fueron los menos enseñados.Palabras clave: evaluación psicológica, evaluación de curso, psicometría

Este estudo - com vinte e cinco adultos (5 não alfabetizados, 7 com nível de leitura intermediário e 13 com nível de leitura mais avançado) - foi delineado para investigar o papel da alfabetização no desenvolvimento da consciência metalingüística. Os adultos realizaram várias tarefas de consciência sintática e fonológica. Os resultados das análises de variância não paramétricas realizadas mostraram que os adultos não alfabetizados tiveram performances inferiores, em geral, a dos alfabetizados. No entanto pouca diferença foi encontrada entre os grupos de leitores. Os resultados sugerem que a alfabetização tem um efeito no desenvolvimento metalingüístico.

Resumo EVIDENCE OF CONVERGENT CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF THE DIVIDED ATTENTION TEST -TEADI AbstractThe objective of the study was to search for evidences of convergent construct validity for the Test of Divided Attention (TEADI) by the correlation with the Tests of Divided Attention and Sustained Attention (AD and AS). 105 college students of a private institution of the state of Sergipe had participated of the research, from 18 to 53 years (M=24.95, SD=6.62), 41.9% male. The instruments had been applied collectively, with approach duration of 30 minutes. The results had evidenced correlations from moderate to high magnitudes between the TEADI and the measures of the AD, and low and null magnitudes between the TEADI and the measures of the AS. These data were expected, since the TEADI and the AD are proposed to evaluate the same type of attention, whereas the AS suggests evaluating a different type, the sustained attention.

The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is currently used to the track cognitive status of older adults in Brazil. Studies on its psychometric properties are lacking, especially ones that use Item Response Theory. The objective was to assess the difficulty of the items in a Brazilian version of MMSE using the Rasch model and to identify possible differential item functioning (DIF), considering schooling, age and sex of the sample of Brazilian older adults. This study used the answers of 2.734 older adults to the 30 items of MMSE. It was found that four items in the seven series were the most difficult, and items nine, 13, 22 and 23 were the easiest. The skill of respondents was higher than the items’ difficulty level. DIF was observed for schooling, sex and age in, respectively, 27, 18 and 16 items. It is concluded that the use of MMSE in Brazilian older adults should be cautious due to the large number of biased items, mainly due to schooling.

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